BEXAR COUNTY, TX. (THECOUNT) — A lightning strike is believed to have caused a major natural gas line explosion early Thursday evening near Adkins, Texas.
The strike caused a massive explosion that could be heard and felt miles away, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said.
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Residents were being evacuated from the area in the 13800 block of U.S. Highway 87 in east Bexar County near Wilson County.
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Geo quick facts: Bexar County is a county of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,714,773, and a 2018 estimate put the population at 1,986,049. It is the 16th-most populous county in the nation and the fourth-most populated in Texas – Wikipedia.